title: Introduction to the proceedings of the eighth international conference of the pediatric cardiac intensive care society.
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Critical Care and Cardiology, The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida (CHIF), All Children's Hospital - Johns Hopkins Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine, Saint Petersburg, FL, USA.
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Ronald A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Bronicki
authors.forename: Duncan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Macrae
authors.forename: Jeffrey P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: Anthony C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Chang
keywords: cardiology; congenital heart disease (CHD); intensive care; international collaboration